Eleven Indian sailors have been convicted and their merchant vessel fined $5.3 million by a court in Nigeria for cocaine trafficking.
They were arrested around six months ago by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly importing 31.5-kg cocaine from the Marshall Islands into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport in Lagos, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
Nigerian man held with Rs 2-cr drugs in Mumbai
A 46-year-old Nigerian national, identified as Eze Samuel Nweze, has been arrested in Mumbai with 203-gm cocaine, estimated to be valued at Rs 2.03 crore, the police said on Saturday. He was reportedly living illegally in Nalasopara near Mumbai.